Kade raised an eyebrow with a bemused quirk of his lips. "Yeah, that'd do it. It's not like you didn't need some stress relief." He couldn't spite Alec that but it was evident the timing was up the shit. It wasn't really his business but he didn't like seeing Alec feeling so rough, even if he was still frustrated it had all come to this. "No, I told you I couldn't live in New York like that. Where you were so tied up with your work and family that there was no room for me. I barely saw you and when I did, you were exhausted and moody. You know I have no issues with how you help your family, especially Justin but I had issues with how you balanced everything else and it basically tipped me completely out of the scenario. I still don't know what you expected me to be doing alone all that time. Surfing Netflix and pining for you? Of course fucking not. That's not me. But it did make me homesick and feel displaced, and yeah, I couldn't see how it was going to work. I was supposed to come home to work through the on-season here and then in New York with you for our winter and autumn. That should've worked, Al. It didn't. But it could've."